Instagram Influencer Dataset — Beauty

A Instagram (beauty influencers) dataset of 436,843 posts from beauty influencers, collected by Seungbae Kim and Jinyoung Han (2020). Each record contains post caption text, like count, comment count, video/ad flags, tagged user count, location presence, image dimensions, timestamp, and influencer follower count. The dataset is notable for its subset of 9.7M-post Instagram influencer dataset covering the beauty category, with rich per-post engagement signals and influencer-level metadata. Intended for research into influencer marketing analysis, engagement prediction, social media content analysis, and sponsorship detection. This package holds the post metadata (one JSON .info file per post) and influencer lists; the post images, which the authors distribute separately on request, are not included.

#Beauty#Caption#Cosmetics#Sponsored post

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Content metrics

436,843 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

like countμ 4.6K ± 27.9K
min 0max 1.9M
comment countμ 76.485 ± 1.6K
min 0max 664.8K
tagged user countμ 2.628 ± 4.403
min 0max 32
has location32.9% true
true 32.9%false 67.1%
follower countμ 149.6K ± 809.9K
min 1Kmax 14M
followee countμ 1.5K ± 1.5K
min 0max 7.5K
post count by userμ 1.4K ± 2.4K
min 169max 72K
widthμ 1K ± 117.2
min 320max 1.1K
heightμ 1.1K ± 217
min 167max 1.4K
13.5
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
17.6
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
makeuplovepaletteanastasiabeverlyhillshairquebeautylooknewlasheslikefoundationbrowlipstickhudabeautydaylipseyeslinerskinlipliquidmualinkhappypowderbioproductsfacetimemakeupartistbrowsbeautifulnyxcosmeticsconcealerfashiontodayeyeshadowwakeupandmakeupglowmorphebrushesmaccosmeticsusevideoknowhighlightmascarablushglittermotd
Topic clusters

Topic 0

palette
brow
foundation
lip
makeup
liner
eye
powder

Topic 1

hair
curl
braid
hairstyle
color
behindthechair
modernsalon
naturalhair

Topic 2

fashion
model
ootd
outfit
dress
photography
style
love

Topic 3

kbeauty
데일리
این
daily
motd
beauty
cosmetic
yang

Topic 4

ich
und
die
ihr
der
das
euch
ein

Topic 5

que
não
por
pra
mais
para
dia
uma

Topic 6

smile
know
think
come
photo
want
people
look

Topic 7

che
non
sono
con
una
più
anche
questo

Topic 8

que
para
los
con
las
por
maquillaje
una

Topic 9

skin
mask
skincare
product
love
feel
try
use

Topic 10

food
night
day
foodie
brunch
breakfast
good
sunday

Topic 11

birthday
happy
love
year
thank
day
sister
family
Show all 13 topics

Topic 12

life
year
love
thing
feel
people
time
know
Top hashtags
#makeup50.4K
#beauty31.8K
#mua22.2K
#makeupartist21.5K
#anastasiabeverlyhills20.7K
#wakeupandmakeup18.7K
#hudabeauty18.6K
#fashion17.8K
#love17.1K
#motd16.5K
#ad16.3K
#instagood13.2K
#makeupaddict11.9K
#beautyblogger11.5K
#ootd11.1K
#makeupjunkie10.7K
#model10.6K
#blogger10.1K
#makeuplover9.9K
#undiscovered_muas9.7K
Top emoji
😍45.6K
🏻33.3K
💕32.6K
🏼25.5K
😂22K
💋19.1K
🖤16.1K
🙌15.5K
😘15.1K
🏽14.7K
💜13.9K
💖13.6K
🔥13K
💙12.3K
💄12.2K

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 436.8K records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
instagram-influencer-beauty
Authors
Kim, Seungbae; Han, Jinyoung
Year
2020
Source paper
Instagram Influencer Dataset
License
Academic research use only (LicenseRef-Research-Only)
Records
436,843
Text corpus
post text
Languages
en
Collected
2018-2020 (2010s, 2020s)
Region
Global (inferred: the platform is used worldwide)

Provenance

Originally published at
https://sites.google.com/site/sbkimcv/dataset/instagram-influencer-dataset link checked
Hosted copy
Mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-21, 37.2 GB across 20 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json.

How to cite

BibTeX

@misc{echo2026,
  title  = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
  author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://echo.directory},
  note   = {Syracuse University}
}

@misc{kim2020instagram,
  title        = {Instagram Influencer Dataset},
  author       = {Kim, Seungbae and Han, Jinyoung},
  year         = {2020},
  howpublished = {\url{https://sites.google.com/site/sbkimcv/dataset/instagram-influencer-dataset}}
}

APA

Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory

Kim, S., & Han, J. (2020). Instagram Influencer Dataset — Beauty [Data set]. https://instagram-influencer-beauty.echo.directory/

MLA

Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.

Kim, Seungbae, and Jinyoung Han. Instagram Influencer Dataset — Beauty. 2020, instagram-influencer-beauty.echo.directory/.

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